Trouble Brewing

- Last week Cardiff, the week before Newcastle.

Six months now they've been getting away with it.

And what have you discovered? Nothing.

- We've proved it's the work of one gang, sir.

- The "Daily Sun" doesn't seem to think so.

- Of course, sir, if you prefer to back the judgement

of a pack of news hawks to our-

No, no, no. I'm not saying that.

We've got to face facts.

These "Sun" reporters are always discovering slush

one town ahead of us.

Yes, I know sir.

Well for heaven's sake get busy.

They're making a Iaughing stock of us

and l won't have my police organisation laughed at

by the "Daily Sun" or any other newspaper.

- How can l set this up if I can't read a word of it?

Who made these filthy marks?

Not me, sir.

Couldn't say, sir.

Well somebody must have.

Well, you better ask George Gullip.

Gullip?

Yes, he thinks he's Sherlock Holmes

and Sexton Blake rolled into one.

He'II find out anything.

Gullip!

Yes, sir?

Oi!

Beg your pardon.

Yes, sir?

- So you're a bit of a detective, eh, Gullip?

Well you see sir with my new-

See those marks?

Oh, yes, sir.

- Show me who did them and you can pack up a puarter

of an hour earlier tonight.

Well, it's elementary, my dear Watson.

What?

Look, another one.

So it is.

Look. There's another one.

Look.

Another one.

Look, there's another one.

Look, there's another one.

Look, the criminal.

Where?

There.

What's the idea?

Well, look.

You can see the ink mark on pussy's feet.

That's right, so you can.

But how did he get the ink on his feet in the first place?

L put it on.

You put it on?

- Yes, you see, with my patent crime detector-

- Then you can take that to Mr. Brady and tell him

why I can't read it.

Mr. Brady, quick.

What the devil do you want?

Well, it's about your copy sir.

Well, what about it?

- Well, I've invented a sort of detector which-

AII right, now wait here.

Wait here.

Ah.

Yes, sir?

- What's the meaning of all this sludge business?

SIush sir, not sludge.

This counterfeit money business.

Who told you to run it on the front page?

It's a great stunt.

Nonsense. No public appeal.

But thousands of our readers-

You heard what l said?

L did .

- Hey, I haven't finished with you yet.

Very good , sir.

Tell my secretary to cancel that slush copy.

Come here Brady.

Coming sir.

Cancel, slush.

Go on.

Hey look out. Look what you're doing.

Hey, what's the idea?

L'm just gonna see Miss. Brown.

Well, don't practise on me.

But Professor Ashton, you can't do that.

It's one of the most popular features in the paper.

Oh, all right, l'II tell Mr. Brady.

Hello.

- Miss. Brown, Mr. Brady said you had to cancel

the slush copy.

Oh, did he?

And there's this.

Oh yes, that's about slush too.

Well that won't be needed either.

Ooh, thank goodness for that.

What are all these marks on it?

Oh, that's from my detector.

Detector?

Yes. Look, if they'd let me use it

I'd soon catch the slushers for them.

You would?

- Yes, well you see, through working in the printing shop

we get to know puite a Iot about the inks

and l've been mixing them up a bit

and this is the solution I got that won't come off.

Go on.

- Yes, well when I say that it comes off on your finger

all right and it comes off on anything that you touch

with your finger but it stays on your fingers just the same.

- Do you mind saying that again, very slowly, please?

Well, I'll show you .

You see, this is the ink I mixed.

Now I'll put a bit on your finger and you'll see.

Now go on, mark something.

See, Ieaves a mark.

Well, of course.

Now you try and get it off your finger.

It won't come off.

- Course it won't, and it'II stay there for a whole week.

What?

- And I'll know everything you've been doing

by the marks you Ieave.

Well I don't think that's very funny.

No, no, l didn't mean it that way.

Look, I've got a special bottle

of antimacassar that'II bring it off.

I mean, I wouldn't do it to you Miss. Brown,

only do it to slushers and these mark slushers, you see.

What the devil are you doing here?

L was explaining to Miss. Brown-

Well get out.

Have you finished that typing yet?

Nearly.

Now come on, hurry up.

Take those things off my desk.

L'm being as puick as I can, sir.

Thank you, sir.

Good night, Miss. Brown.

Get out!

It'd be a lot easier for everyone if Lord RedhilI

kept to his own job of owning the paper

instead of trying to run it.

The noise of that typewriter's driving me crackers.

Everyone else in the building has one of the silent ones,

why haven't l?

- L'm sorry, Mr. Brady, but the stores made a mistake.

You see, they issued the Iast silent one-

Then stores had better put it right.

Take that one back.

Very good , Mr. Brady.

Cancel that slush Ieader.

Yes.

Oh, and Professor Ashton phoned up.

He's had to dash of to examine

a prehistoric skull or something.

He won't be able to get his copy through in time.

- He can't do that, his daily horoscope's read by thousands.

Yes, I know.

You'II have to vamp it up yourself.

Yes, but that's impossible-

Well someone's got to do it.

His blinking Iordship's in a bad enough temper as it is.

Very good , Mr. Brady.

Yes, sir?

Give this to the head storekeeper.

Yes, sir.

Oh, hello, can I help you?

Oh, thanks.

I'm taking it to the store room.

L'II wait here for you , Romeo.

Yeah.

I was wondering if you'd come out and have a drink with us?

Oh, I'm sorry l can't.

Mr. Brady has given me some extra work to do.

Mr. Brady insists on having one of those silent ones.

L'II do my best, Miss.

Thank you.

Good night.

Good night.

I was wondering if I could be of any help, l don't suppose?

Do you know anything about horoscopes?

Not much, but I can try.

- AII right then, two heads are always better

than one, aren't they?

Course.

However empty.

Yes.

It's along here.

Beats me how you work this thing.

- Ooh, I wish this was real and I was following up a murder.

Ooh, tried to bite me.

Tell you what, we'd better pick some

out of the back numbers and trust to luck.

What's that?

This is a cover for my disguises.

I'II show ya.